Curious as to why my user string has an entry for Firefox?
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0pre) Gecko/20110327 Firefox/4.0pre SeaMonkey/2.1b3pre
2.1b3pre user string
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Uncle Spellbinder
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2.1b3pre user string
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ElTxolo
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Re: 2.1b3pre user string
Uncle Spellbinder wrote:Curious as to why my user string has an entry for Firefox?
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0pre) Gecko/20110327 Firefox/4.0pre SeaMonkey/2.1b3pre
You can disable it
Edit > Preferences > Advanced > HTTP Networking > User Agent String > (uncheck) [ ] Advertise Firefox Compatibility
or in about:config > general.useragent.compatMode.firefox > FALSE
See also: Gecko user agent string reference (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1) & What happens to the UA?
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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240318 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240416 SeaMonkey/2.53.19
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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240318 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240416 SeaMonkey/2.53.19
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Uncle Spellbinder
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Re: 2.1b3pre user string
ElTxolo wrote:You can disable it
Edit > Preferences > Advanced > HTTP Networking > User Agent String > (uncheck) [ ] Advertise Firefox Compatibility
or in about:config > general.useragent.compatMode.firefox > FALSE
See also: Gecko user agent string reference (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1) & What happens to the UA?
Cheers!
Thanks!
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Re: 2.1b3pre user string
you're welcome! 
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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240318 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240416 SeaMonkey/2.53.19
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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240318 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240416 SeaMonkey/2.53.19
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rsx11m
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Re: 2.1b3pre user string
As for the "rv:2.0pre" part, mozilla-2.0 yet has to be bumped to show the correct 2.0.1pre Gecko version, apparently this little step got lost in the efforts to get Firefox 4.0 out and to set up the branches correctly.
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fred6633
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Re: 2.1b3pre user string
Some sites think that my Firefox version is 2.1, for example https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox.
The purpose then deflected?
Fred
The purpose then deflected?
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Re: 2.1b3pre user string
fred6633 wrote:Some sites think that my Firefox version is 2.1, for example https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox.
Well, that may come from looking at Firefox not SeaMonkey addons, but it should nevertheless find the correct Firefox/x.x version.
The purpose then deflected?
No, there will always be sites which do stupid user-agent sniffing, adding a Firefox component should accommodate most of them, what's left can't be helped with other than spoofing a complete Firefox UA string without any SeaMonkey in it.